With only $2,000 and a great determination to buy her daughter a piano, Emma Rovick turned a small real estate firm into one of the nations largest and most successful today. In 1955, Edina, Minnesota housewife and mother of three Emma Rovick borrowed $2,000 and bought a struggling real estate firm in order to make enough money to buy a piano for her daughter. She inherited three sales people and managed to sell $2 million in real estate that first year. Her first office was at 50th and France in Edina before France Avenue was even paved. Today, Edina Realty is one of the nation's largest real estate companies with more than 90 real estate offices, throughout Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin and more than 3,400 Realtors. Edina Realty's family of companies includes Edina Realty, Edina Realty Title, Edina Realty Mortgage and Edina Realty Relocation. Edina Realty has annual sales of more than $10.2 billion. Edina Realty's unprecedented growth testifies to the strength of our Realtors and employees.
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